Promise Technology J610s User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

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3U or 2U 19-inch wide enclosure 

Installs easily in any standard rackmount.

Supports Serial Attached SCSI 
disk drives

Allows you to use the new dual-port SAS 
disk drives.

Supports Serial ATA disk drives

Allows you to use your legacy SATA disk 
drives.

Hot-swap feature for drive carriers, 
I/O modules, power supplies and 
fans

Allows a defective component to be 
replaced without interrupting data 
accessibility to the host system.

Tool-less field-replaceable units 
(FRUs)

All FRUs can be replaced without tools, 
saving time and effort for support personnel.

Complete cable-less design

All components easily plug directly into 
boards. No cables to complicate setup or 
maintenance.

Redundant, hot-swappable cooling 
units

Load sharing and full operation even with 
multiple failed fans.

Redundant, hot-swappable power 
supplies

Load sharing and full operation even with a 
failed power supply.

Dual, active/active I/O Modules

High level of availability even with a failed
I/O module.

One expansion SAS port I/O 
module

Enables cascading JBOD subsystems.

Command-line interface

Control and monitoring with simple, 
straightforward interface.

Management through in-band SAS 
or serial port

Choice of local or network management 
options

Compatible with leading SAS HBA 
and RAID cards

Easy, works-the-first-time connections with 
your current systems